🇮🇹Amalficoast 🍋
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hot girl summer but its me taking care of my emotional health, spending time under the sun, reading more, finding new things that make me happy, doing things that bring out good versions of myself
please romanticize your life. open your curtains when you wake up just because the sun is coming in. open your windows when it’s raining so you can hear the pitter patter just a little louder, even if you have to keep a towel on the windowsill. spend an extra few bucks on the flowers you see at the grocery store. you’ll love the way they look in your house. sing whatever song you have in your head, and enjoy it. shower in the dark just to see what it’s like. light candles while you eat dinner, even if it’s just ramen noodles while you’re watching netflix. read in the prettiest place in your house, just to make you feel good. pretend your eyes are a camera, and begin to look for things that would be so beautiful hanging in a picture frame. the plant on top of your bookshelf, your pet laying in the sun, the folds of your comforter before you get into your bed at night. everything is beautiful, but you have to make sure that you’re seeing it that way. life gets a little easier when you eat fast food on fancy china and dance in your kitchen.
depression tips™
- shower. not a bath, a shower. use water as hot or cold as u like. u dont even need to wash. just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. sit on the floor if you gotta.
- moisturize everything. use whatever lotion u like. unscented? dollar store lotion? fancy ass 48 hour lotion that makes u smell like a field of wildflowers? use whatever you want, and use it all over.
- put on clean, comfortable clothes.
- put on ur favorite underwear. cute black lacy panties? those ridiculous boxers u bought last christmas with candy cane hearts on the butt? put em on.
- drink cold water. use ice. if u want, add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.
- clean something. doesn’t have to be anything big. organize one drawer of ur desk. wash five dirty dishes. do a load of laundry. scrub the bathroom sink.
- blast music. listen to something upbeat and dancey and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. sing to it, dance to it, even if you suck at both.
- make food. don’t just grab a granola bar to munch. take the time and make food. even if it’s ramen. add something special to it, like a hard boiled egg or some veggies. prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something.
- make something. write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, fold origami, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. even if you don’t think you’re good at it.
- go outside. take a walk. sit in the grass. look at the clouds. smell flowers. put your hands in the dirt and feel the soil against your skin.
- call someone. call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. talk to a stranger on the street. have a conversation and listen to someone’s voice. if you can’t, text or email or whatever, just have some social interaction with another person. even if you don’t say much, listen to them.
- cuddle your pets if you have them/can cuddle them. take pictures of them. talk to them. tell them how u feel, about your favorite movie, a new game coming out.
Circulating. Seasonal depression is creeping around now.
Lets keep this moving
